The Meaning of Galatians 6:18 Explained

Galatians 6:18

KJV: Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

YLT: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with your spirit, brethren! Amen.

Darby: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.

ASV: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Galatians 6:18?

MEANING: What does Galatians 6:18 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Galatians 6:18 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Galatians 6:18?

What is the context of Galatians 6:18?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit. Amen. {{Unto the Galatians written from Rome. ]}}

What does Galatians 6:18 Mean?

Context Summary

Galatians 6:11-18 - Glorying In The Cross Alone

Paul usually dictated his letters, but this was written with his own hand. The characters were large and clear, Galatians 6:11, r.v. Perhaps this was due to the trouble with his eyesight referred to in Galatians 4:15. But the Apostle gloried in the scars that suffering had left upon his frame, because they seemed to him the brand-marks of the happy slavery of Jesus, Galatians 6:17. If Judaizing teachers gloried in their brand-marks, how much more did he in his! The Cross had cut him off from the world. He was indifferent to worldly praise or blame; he took his marching-orders from Christ alone. This is the third time in his Epistle that Paul names the reflex influence of the Cross. See Galatians 2:20; Galatians 5:24; Galatians 6:14. Compare Galatians 6:15 with 1 Corinthians 7:19.

Notice the breadth of the Apostle's benediction, Galatians 6:16. When we have been created anew in Christ's likeness and are walking by that rule, we find ourselves at once introduced into a family of kindred spirits, who have passed through the same radical change and are united beneath the gracious canopy of mercy and peace. Such are God's Israel. See Galatians 3:7 [source]

Chapter Summary: Galatians 6

¹ He moves them to deal mildly with a brother who has slipped,
² and to bear one another's burden;
⁶ to be generous to their teachers,
⁹ and not weary of well-doing
¹² He shows what they intend that preach circumcision
¹⁴ He glories in nothing, save in the cross of Christ

Greek Commentary for Galatians 6:18

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The farewell salutation is much briefer than that in2 Corinthians 13:13, but identical with that inPhilemon 1:25. He calls them “brethren” (αδελποι adelphoi) in spite of the sharp things spoken to them.sa120 [source]

The grace, etc. []
The same form of benediction occurs Philemon 1:25. [source]

Brethren []
Rev. rightly puts the word at the end of the verse. The position is unusual. It would seem as if Paul intended to close this severe letter with an assurance that the “foolish Galatians” were still his brethren: They are addressed as “brethren,” Galatians 4:12; Galatians 5:11; Galatians 6:1. Comp. 1 Corinthians 16:24. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Galatians 6:18

1 John 4:17 Our love [ἡ ἀγάπη μεθ ' ἡμῶν]
The A.V. construes μεθ ' ἡμῶν withus, with love, making with us equivalent to our. In that case it might mean either the love which is between Christians, or the love which is between God and Christians. The Rev. construes with us with the verb: love is made perfect with us. The latter is preferable. I do not think it would be easy to point out a parallel in the New Testament to the expression ἀγάπη μεθ ' love that with us = our love. The true idea is that love is perfected in fellowship. The love of God is perfected with us, in communion with us, through our abiding in Him and He in us. “Love is not simply perfected in man, but in fulfilling this issue God works with man” (Westcott). Compare 2 John 1:3, “grace shall be with us ” (true reading); and Acts 25:4, “what things God had done with them.” See also Matthew 1:23; 1 Corinthians 16:24; Galatians 6:18. Μετά withis used constantly in the New Testament of ethical relations. See Matthew 20:2; Matthew 2:3; Luke 23:12; Acts 7:9; Romans 12:15; 1 John 1:6. [source]

What do the individual words in Galatians 6:18 mean?

The grace of the Lord of us Jesus Christ [be] with the spirit of you brothers Amen

Ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν ἀδελφοί Ἀμήν

χάρις	grace
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: χάρις Sense: grace.
τοῦ	of the
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc.
Κυρίου	Lord
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: κύριος Sense: he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord.
ἡμῶν	of us
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Plural Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my.
Ἰησοῦ	Jesus
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Ἰησοῦς Sense: Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses’ successor.
Χριστοῦ	Christ
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Χριστός Sense: Christ was the Messiah, the Son of God.
μετὰ	[be] with
Parse: Preposition Root: μετά Sense: with, after, behind.
πνεύματος	spirit
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: πνεῦμα Sense: a movement of air (a gentle blast.
ὑμῶν	of you
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 2nd Person Plural Root: σύ Sense: you.
ἀδελφοί	brothers
Parse: Noun, Vocative Masculine Plural Root: ἀδελφός Sense: a brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother.
Ἀμήν	Amen
Parse: Hebrew Word Root: ἀμήν Sense: firm.

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